DENVER — Colorado's Joint Budget Committee approved $7.5 million in funding to keep the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) afloat in case of a federal government shutdown.

ABC News reports that if the shutdown lasts longer than a week, WIC may begin to run out of funding. More than 100,000 low-income Coloradans depend on WIC benefits each month.

"Pretty terrible, thinking about the impact this will have on the lives of Coloradans is pretty horrifying," State Sen. Jeff Bridges, chairman of the state's Joint Budget Committee (JBC), told Denver7 Tuesday.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis asked the JBC to find money to help fund WIC in the event of a federal government shutdown. The budget committee approved $7.5 million to help bridge any funding prob

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